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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Public Theater Offers Free Performances of Emerging Writers Group Plays Beginning March 27 by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater showcases the work of playwrights participating in the 2012-13 Emerging Writers Group with a series of free performances beginning March 27 at the company's downtown h…

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Kennedy-Inspired Ride the Tiger, Starring Douglas Sills and Paul Anthony Stewart, Premieres March 27 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, Paul Anthony Stewart and Christina Bennett Lind star in the Long Wharf Theatre world-premiere production of William Mastrosimone's new political dr…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Yale Institute for Music Theatre Selects The Last Queen of Canaan and Mrs. Hughes by Adam Hetrick

The Yale Institute for Music Theatre will develop the new musicals The Last Queen of Canaan and Mrs. Hughes as part of its 2013 residency this June in New Haven, CT.

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Reed Birney Will Star in Steven Levenson's Core Values Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Steven Levenson's new play Core Values, about workplace team building, will receive its Off-Broadway world premiere at Ars Nova in April starring Reed Birney.

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Reed Birney Will Star in Steve Levenson's Core Values Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Steve Levenson's new play Core Values, about workplace team building, will receive its Off-Broadway world premiere at Ars Nova in April starring Reed Birney.

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PBS Will Film Hamish Linklater's The Vandal Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

New York-area PBS station Thirteen WNET will film The Vandal,  a new dark comedy by actor-playwright Hamish Linklater that returned for a week-long engagement March 22 at the Flea Theat…

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Red Bull's Strindberg Soundscapes Will Feature Jennifer Ehle and David Strathairn by Adam Hetrick

Jennifer Ehle and David Strathairn will take part in the Red Bull Theater presentation of Strindberg Soundscapes April 15 at St. Stephen's Church. Music by Anthony Plog will be featured.

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Young Jean Lee's We're Gonna Die Will Play Lincoln Center Theater Encore Run by Adam Hetrick

Obie Award-winning playwright Young Jean Lee will return to Lincoln Center Theater this summer with an encore engagement of her acclaimed song cycle We're Gonna Die at the Claire Tow The…

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Huntington to Premiere Stephen Belber's The Power of Duff; Season Now Complete by Adam Hetrick

The Huntington Theatre Company will produce David Ives' Tony Award-nominated play Venus in Fur, Stephen Belber's new drama The Power of Duff and A.R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour a…

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Fiona Shaw Stars in The Testament of Mary, Beginning March 26 on Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw stars in The Testament of Mary, the Broadway world-premiere stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's rece…

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Richard Rodgers Award-Winning Musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Will Play New NYC Venue Kazino by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy’s critically praised "electro-pop opera" based on "War and Peace," which played an extended Off-Broadway …

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Rush Ticket Policy Announced for Broadway Revival of Pippin by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

The producers of the Broadway revival of Pippin announced March 25 that a limited number of $37 rush tickets will be available for purchase in person at the Music Theatre box office (239 Wes…

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Primary Stages Revival of David Ives' All in the Timing Gets Second Extension by Michael Gioia and Adam Hetrick

Primary Stages' revival of All in the Timing, a collection of short comic plays by Tony Award-nominated playwright David Ives, has been given a second and final extension through April 2…

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Elf The Musical Will Play Mini-Holiday Tour Beginning in November by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Elf The Musical, which played Broadway engagements in 2010 and 2012, will spread Christmas cheer during a limited holiday tour, according to an Equity casting notice.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

"Extraordinary!": High-Flying Circus-Inspired Pippin Revival Begins Previews March 23 by Adam Hetrick

The Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, conceived by Tony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus and circus artist G…

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Hamish Linklater's The Vandal Returns Off-Broadway March 22 by Adam Hetrick

The Vandal, the three-actor production that marked the playwriting debut of actor Hamish Linklater, returns for a week-long Off-Broadway engagement with its original cast beginning March 22 …

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Good People, With Kate Hodge, David Andrew MacDonald, Denny Dillon, Begins at Cleveland Play House March 22 by Adam Hetrick

Kate Hodge and David Andrew MacDonald co-star in the Cleveland Play House production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony Award-nominated drama Good People, which begins performances March 22 …

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Todd Almond Will Be Joined by Laura Benanti, Lindsay Mendez and More at 54 Below; New Projects in the Works by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Tony Award nominee Veanne Cox and Lindsay Mendez will join songwriter Todd Almond for his March 25 concert at 54 Below, which promises material from his upco…

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The Nance, With Nathan Lane as Embattled Burlesque Star, Begins Broadway Previews March 21 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Nathan Lane stars in The Nance, Douglas Carter Beane's new 1930s-set play about a gay burlesque performer facing a changing world, which begins Broadway previews M…

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Grey Gardens, Starring Tony Nominee Patti Cohenour, Opens in Seattle March 21 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Patti Cohenour and Suzy Hunt star as the Beales of East Hampton in the A Contemporary Theatre-5th Avenue Theatre co-production of the Tony-nominated musical Grey Gardens, …

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Everybody Rise: Elaine Stritch Will Make Farewell Appearance in NYC in Movin' Over and Out at the Carlyle by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning stage icon Elaine Stritch will propose a final toast to audiences in her last engagement at the Café Carlyle this spring. The octogenarian, who has been a fixture a…

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What's Portuguese for Staunch?: Grey Gardens Debuts in Rio de Janeiro by Adam Hetrick

The Tony Award-nominated musical Grey Gardens, which transports audiences to the East Hampton residence of the Beale family – both in its heyday and in its decline – receives its…

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Leslie Odom, Jr., Haaz Sleiman, Jennifer Damiano, Claybourne Elder and More Set for Venice at the Public by Adam Hetrick

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Haaz Sleiman will star as dueling brothers in the Public Theater production of the new musical Venice, which will begin previews Off-Broadway May 28. The cast will also …

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The Revisionist, With Jesse Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave, Gets Second Off-Broadway Extension; Broadway a Possibility by Adam Hetrick

The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has again extended its world premiere of Jesse Eisenberg's new play The Revisionist, in which the playwright co-stars with Academy Award-winning actre…

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Los Angeles Run of End of the Rainbow, Starring Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland, Opens March 20 by Adam Hetrick

Following acclaimed London and Broadway engagements, Tracie Bennett reprises her performance as a late-in-life Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow, which officially opens …

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Euan Morton Will Be Dashing and Duplicitous Suitor in TheatreWorks' Musical Premiere Being Earnest by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Olivier Award nominee Euan Morton, Hayden Tee and Maureen McVerry will star in the TheatreWorks' world-premiere production of Being Earnest, the new musical by Tony Award nomine…

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Public Theater Extends David Byrne-Fatboy Slim Musical Here Lies Love Prior to Opening by Adam Hetrick

The Public Theater has extended the world-premiere production of the new David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, about Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. The production will now play an ad…

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Anna Nicole Opera, With Sarah Joy Miller, Mary Testa and James Barbour, Will Premiere at BAM by Adam Hetrick

Anna Nicole, the Mark-Anthony Turnage-Richard Thomas opera about late tabloid and reality star Anna Nicole Smith, will receive its U.S. debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September as…

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Interactive Revival of Let My People Come Will Extend With New Cast by Adam Hetrick

The new production of Let My People Come, the 1970's Off-Broadway revue that received an update for contemporary audiences, will continue with an open-ended engagement at the Underground…

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New Musical All the Kids Are Doing It Will Get NYU Workshop Production by Adam Hetrick

All the Kids Are Doing It, a new rock musical about one girl's tumultuous college experience, will receive a workshop staging by the students of the NYU Steinhardt School.

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Lisa Lampanelli's Broadway-Aimed Solo Show Will Get NYC Workshop by Adam Hetrick

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli will offer fans a sneak-peek of her upcoming one-woman show in four special performances beginning March 21 under the wing of Off-Broadway's The New Group at the…

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